| Weldy Young | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Young in 1900–01 with the Ottawa Football Club | |||
| Born |
October 4, 1871 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
October 27, 1944 (aged 73) Collingwood, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Position | Defence (coverpoint) | ||
| Played for |
Ottawa Hockey Club Dawson City Nuggets | ||
| Playing career | 1890–1905 | ||
Weldon "Weldy" Champness Young (October 4, 1871 – October 27, 1944) was a Canadian businessman and athlete. Young was an ice hockey player for the Ottawa Hockey Club, playing in its founding years in the 1880s and in the 1890s. Young later became a member of the Dawson City Nuggets which played against Ottawa in the 1905 Stanley Cup challenge. His older brother George Young (1865–1926) was one of the original Ottawa players and the two played together for Ottawa from 1889 to 1891.[1] Young later became an investor and executive in mining in the Cobalt, Ontario area.
- ^ Kitchen 2008, pp. 340–341.